Railway-rail joint.



No- 832,715. PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906.

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RAILWAY RAIL JOINT APPLICATION FILED JUL'YZ. 1906.

J Witnesses: Inventor,

. x Attorneys .side elevation, of the abutting ends UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

FLAVIEN BOMBARDIER,-OF VALCOURT, QUEBEC, CANA.DA.

RAILWAY-HAIL collar.

it apportains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to railwaysrail joints.

The object of my invention is to provide a continuous joint which willnot give under the passage of a train and which will permit expansionand contraction longitudinally of the rail. 1

A further object is tmprovide a joint in whichboth of the abutting endsof the rail ma if be held in position by a single spike wit out the useof bolts; and my invention consists of the construction, combination,and arrangement of parts, as herein. illustrated, described, andclaimed. e

In the accompanying drawings, forinin part of thisapplication, I haveillustrate one form of embodiment of my invention, in which drawingssimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts,- and inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective, and Flg. Zis a of rails, shownseparated, but in their relativeoperative position.

' sides thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the base, 2 the web, and 3 thetread, of one rail,

which has a thickened shoulder 4 adjacent the end ofthe web 2.Theshoulder 4 is cut awa to leave the vertical inwardly-conver ing aces5, which faces are at an acute ang e to the longitudinal 'central lineof the rail. The web 2 and tread 3 are extended to form the projectington us 6 and-cut away to PTO," vide the rectangu ar lugs 7 on theopposite The base l'is cutaway to form the projectingli 8. The otherrail,

.forming'a part of the joint, is provided with a base 9, aweb 10, andatread 11, thew eb 10 of which is provided with a thickened shoulder 12,The thickened shoulder 12 terminates V 1nthevertlealinwardly-convergingfaces 13,

, faces 5 of the other rail. I Thesecond rail is' provided-with avertical slot 14 throu h its adaptedto bear against the correspondingthickened portion '12, the wall of whic slot 14 is provi ed withrectangular recesses 15 of- Specification of Letters Patent. Applicationand n15 2, 1906. Sprial No. 324,353.

afirstrailu 1 greater dimensions in lugs 7, which are dis the parts arelooks The thickened shoulder 12 of the second rail is provided with acutout portion 16, adapt ed to rest on the upper face of the base 1, and

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one directip'n'thanithe osed in said slots when in operative position.'6 O is further provided with a cut-out portion 17,

adapted to lie on the the other rail, and is further provided with a ofthe projecting lip 8'.

Asbest shown in Fig. 1, a single spike 19 is upper face of the lip 8 ofshoulder 18, adapted to abut against the ends along the longitudinalline of the rails than I the lugs 7, longitudinal expansion of the joint2 is permitted.

Having thus fully described my, invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is--- 1. A rail-jint comprising arail having a thickened shoulder with'its end cut away to leave verticalinwardly-converging faces and to leave a projecting tongue having aplurality of locking-lugs on its opposite sides, and a second railhaving a thickened .shoulder with a central slot provided with recessesin the walls thereof,'to receive said locking-lugs, andsaid second railhaving inwardly-converging faces adapted to bear, on 'the inwardly-converging faces of the first rail.

2; A rail-joint comprising a rail having a; l

thickened shoulderwith its endcut away to to leave a projectingtonguehaving a plurality of rectangular loc g-lugs on its opposite sides, anda second rail having a 'thic ened shoulder with a central slot providedwith rec-- tangular recesses in the walls thereof to re;

ceive said locking-lugs, and said second railhavinginwardly-convergingfaces adapted to bear on the inwardly-converging faces of the enedShoulder with a central slot provided leave vertical inwardly-convergingfaces and i LLn with rectangular recesses of greater (lilllGfl sionsthan the locking-lugs m the walls thereof to receive said locking-lugs,and said sL(:-'

4. A rail-joint comprising ii raillnivingr 1L 1 thickened shoulderwitl'i cnd out ow to lczwo vertical iiiurardlv-convcrwin15 flu-cs and ia i to leave :1. 'jro cciing tonguc liming n plumb ity of locking-lugson inn opposite sidcs and having 1'08 base out out to lezi'w a lip, and.:L 5 second mil having a, tinckcnvd shoulder with i a central slot.providcd wit/n recur; in the Wall'thercol to rcccivc SallKl.loclcimg-lugs, and 3 said second rail having inward] faces adapted tobear on tin: inwardly-couverging faces of the first rail, and saidSecondrail .lnwing two CUUOUL portions, tlic surlnccs of which aredisposed, rcapscuiwly,on the j base and the lip oi Lhc first mil.

5. A rad-1,0111%, coinprimi'ig a rail having a rojccu'ing tongue formedwith (L plurality of ookingdugs on cacli side, and a second railprovided with a bifurcated end having rell ercin, each of saidrec-erases being of greater dimensions than the lug disposed therein. Y

' 6. A lLll lOllfli comprising a rail having a thickencd shouldcr andhaving a projecting tonguc iiOTU'KKlWYliill :1 plurality of lockingl 1 li lugson oach sidc, and a second mil provided with u bifurcated cudhaving rccessos therein, each rocorss being oi greater dimensions thanthe lug disposed thorium-and said. secozicli side of" its bifurcatedend. 7

lr Witness wliercol l have hereunto set my hand in the prc ence of twowitnesses. 1 H his i FLAi llflk BOMBi-XRDIER mark Will e-sacs: 1 711 20.A, RAQINE,

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ond rail being; provided with shoulders on

